Since 1961

My first App for iOS and Android is almost ready!

In the last two months I was busy developing my first hybrid application for iOS and Android. Half of the time was spent to get acquainted with some new (to me!) technologies like: the Ionic framework, AngularJS, Cordova/PhoneGap and the PhoneGap Build service. Luckily I already had some good experience in all the main technologies used to actually write the application, meaning: JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

The app – we like to call it the “(m)app” – is the last of the digital tools created to help people to discover and plan a vacation in one of the areas participating by the InRuTou project: Beskidy (Poland), The Bucovyna Region (Ukraine), Dorna Country (Romania) and The Aveto’s Park (Italy).

The quick info for a POI

Every time the app is opened, she – yes, in Italian is a lady 🙂 – checks if there are new or updated Points of Interest (POI) and, eventually, updates its internal database. The database of POI is kept on a remote server and managed trough another application – called the Backoffice – based on the Camaleo D tool I started to write some years ago and used to create several other applications.

Users can bookmark their favourite POIs so they can have them handy when actually visiting the region; optionally is possible to center the map on the actual user location by enabling the phone GPS.

The Backoffice (written in PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Javascript and based on the Bootstrap framework) let all the people responsible for the various areas to and easily geo-localise as well as add, maintain all the information and images related to each POI participating the project.

The search page

To let the users to easily find what they are looking for POIs are divided in categories: Activities & Attractions, Eat & Drink, Events, Local Products, Accommodations, Tourist Information Points and Transports – The app allows to filter the data on the map so that only POIs associated to the selected categories are shown on the map.

The (m)app will be is available at no charge on the Apple Store and the Google Play Store.

Also, once I released the final version, I will make the source code available on GitHub for anyone who wants to learn how to create a Ionic application.

The Innovation in Rural Tourism project, funded with support from the European Commission, aims at developing and testing a set of tools and innovative models to facilitate the development of sustainable tourism in rural areas – specifically in mountainous regions.

Update January, 2016: the source code of the project code deliverables is now available: click here to download it.
The download file include a readme with a list of contents. No installation instructions are provided as the contents are provided for expert developers that must know what they are doing.
The full app directory structure is provided within inrutou_APP.zip – the source code include some useful comments.

Think different!

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

They say about me

These are only some of the nice words people liked to share about me: thank you everyone it is always a pleasure to work with you!

A caring person

Working for Ugo (and later *with* Ugo) has been both straighforward and rewarding: highly motivated, he always focused on things and aspects functional to delivering good products in reasonable time.His way to bring new ideas and/or to spur them from his partners or colleagues has been a great experience.
He is also a caring person, who values highly the human factor both in things and in relationships.Maurizio M. Gavioli, Programmer, Early music scores

A nice man to work with

I know Ugo for quite a number of years, mainly from his time as CEO and owner of LAGO, a software company making wonderful and innovative products for Microsoft's Flight Simulator series.
My 'title' actually changed quite often over the years, and I worked with Ugo as Managing Editor of simFlight, editor at AVSIM, and competitor/colleague at my own software site.
We always had a good and professional relationship and Ugo is a nice man to work with. Francois Dumas, Freelance Multi-tasker

A very talented individual

I have had the great pleasure of working with Ugo several years ago. He was product manager for my Winplanner Sofware.Ugo is a very talented individual whose attention to detail and ability to adapt to changes allowed us to get the right product on the right time.Antoine Becker, Gamification Designer at Chlorophyll Vision

A great visionary

We all remember the great visionary Ugo Grandolini. Ugo... I want to thank you for your extraordinary contributions to the flight sim add-on business... Read morePat Zoffreo, President FlightSoft

A great apporter of good ideas

Great worker, and great apporter of good ideas.Claudio Carnino, Entrepreneur & Senior iOS engineer

A very good developer

Ugo have a very good skill and PHP, MySQL and Web DesignDamiano Croci, CAD guru

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InRuTou Sources

The InRuTou Project source files

All the freely available code and data of the InRuTou ProjectRead More

Code and data was downloaded after the project was closed on December 9, 2015
The users tables structures are included but not populated; this is obviously done to
preserve the privacy of all users.

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